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In this review, recent discoveries related to biological phase separation including stress granule formation, chromatin regulation, and processes in the origin and evolution of life are evaluated.

Development Biology presents exciting developments in this field. The first few chapters look at patterns and processes of becoming and provides a framework for understanding animal development. The text then turns to an examination of gametogenesis and fertilization. The next few chapters tackle early development: cleavage, gastrulation, and axis formation. There follow chapters about building with ectoderm and building with mesoderm and endoderm. The next few chapters cover postembryonic development. Finally, the last part looks at development in wider context including an examination of dev...

The current understanding of the RANKL-RANK-OPG system in the context of the bone and the immune system as well as the impact of this pathway in disease conditions, including cancer development and metastasis are summarized.

Together, these sequelae of urate are thought to mediate most of the physiological effects of hyperuricemia and gout, illustrating this biologically active molecule is more than just an "end-product" of purine metabolism.

Both the 'traditional' and emerging roles for Cu in biology and the many ways in which Cu intersects with human health are introduced.

Thoroughly referenced and generously illustrated, this book discusses all aspects of cycadology. A small group of ancient palmlike seed plants noted for their beautiful foliage and often brightly colored cones and seeds, cycads are believed to have been among the first seed-bearing plants. Seed bearing was the basis for their worldwide dominance from about 300 million years ago to about 70 million years ago, when today's familiar flowering plants gained ascendancy. In recent years, interest in cycads has increased, partly as a result of the need for a more complete identification of the range ...

Grading of frailty is a demonstrably, clinically, and research-relevant proxy estimate of biological age, and biomarkers can supplement this approach by identifying accelerated aging before it is clinically apparent.

It is fitting for plant synthetic biologists to establish the CaMV 35S promoter as a quantitative reference standard for transcription activity in plants — all other promoters would have their activity expressed relative to CaMv 35S.

In a series of sixteen chapters written by leading evolutionary biologists working on urban drivers of evolution, Urban Evolutionary Biology is the first academic book in the field and synthesizes current knowledge on evolutionary processes occurring literally on the authors' doorstep, across the globe, and in each city independently.

How cellular ferritin localization is tightly linked to its function in a tissue-specific manner, and how impairment of iron homeostasis is implicated in diseases including cancer and COVID-19 are discussed.

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A major new direction developed in the book is that game theory can be extended by incorporating behavioural mechanisms, including mechanisms of reinforcement learning, which can successfully describe important phenomena like social dominance in group-living animals that previously have been difficult to model.

The role of earthworms in soil structure, fertility and productivity, and the influence of environmental factors on earthworms are described.

The Different Types of Chondrocytes and Their Function In Vivo and the In Vitro Approach to the Study of Biological Regulation are presented.

Abstract The 1st edition of the textbook Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modelling and Design was published in 2008 and it went on to become IWA Publishing's bestseller to date. In 2020, the 2nd updated and extended edition of the textbook was published because, since 2008, the knowledge and understanding of wastewater treatment had advanced extensively and moved further away from empirically-based approaches to a fundamental first-principles approach based on chemistry, microbiology, physical and bioprocess engineering, mathematics and modelling. The updated edition has already b...

PHYLOGENY AND ZOOGEOGRAPHY The Origin and Relationships of Early Chondrichthyes, Eileen D. Grogan and Richard Lund Historical Zoogeography of the Selachii, John A. Musick, Melanie M. Harbin, and Leonard .J.V. Compagno Phylogeny of Batoidea, John D. McEachran and Neil Aschliman Phylogeny and Classification of Extant Holocephali, Dominique A. Didier FORM, FUNCTION, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES Biomechanics of Locomotion in Sharks, Rays, and Chimeras, Cheryl A.D. Wilga and G. Lauder Prey Capture Behavior and Feeding Mechanics of Elasmobranchs, Philip J. Motta Metabolism, Energetic Demand, and Endo...

This book is a lucid, straightforward introduction to the concepts and techniques of statistical physics that students of biology, biochemistry, and biophysics must know.

Introduction to Saline Environments (Francisco Rodriguez-Valera), Ecology of Extremely Halophilic Microorganisms (Aharon Oren).

To understand the extent of this 'biodiversity crisis' and develop strategies to ameliorate its impact, it is essential to be able to accurately measure biological diversity and make informed predictions about how and why this diversity varies over space and time.

This Review considers how the accumulation of membrane lipid peroxides leads to the execution of ferroptosis by altering ion transport across the plasma membrane and highlights transcriptional master regulators that integrate the functions of different pathways and organelles to modulate ferroptosis sensitivity globally.